I had to put this video up on OneUtah, because it’s all over the internet, might have set a record for a C-Span broadcast going viral and features one of our own. I respect the fact that representative Chaffetz didn’t try to lie, gavel or shout down Chris Van Hollen, even though he was forced to verify, multiple times, that the congressional body he was elected to, did something surreal.

Some must have seen this on C-Span and aren’t being tabulated on the YouTube site, however, the exchange between the representatives has only been posted for three days on YouTube and has already picked up over 2,500,000 viewings. Probably more then any cat video to date, but I’m not sure.

If this exchange is being played by any American television news organization, I would be stunned.

If I’m understanding correctly, the Republicans were fearful of a variety of parliamentary moves that would allow Dems to bring a measure to the floor and end the standoff, so they changed the rules to make that more difficult. It’s a lot of parliamentary minutia, but at the end of the day, they didn’t want an actual majority of Representatives to be able to thwart the will of the minority of teabaggers.

FWIW, I think part of the popularity of the video is the Chaffetz looks like a putz the whole time.